Financing Purchases Using The Resources You Already Have

For more than fifteen years, Ubarter.com has beenserving the needs of small, medium and large companies.These companies have excess inventory, products or servicesto offer for sale on a trade basis.

The credit they earn from their new sales is used towards thepurchase of goods and services that they require. Thiseffectively reduces their cash outlay for those purchases.

Ubarter.com is the largest and fastest growing trade exchange in Canada with over 4500 members. Membership grows at a rate of over 150 new clients every month. Ubarter.com has offices in Vancouver, Seattle, Toronto and Windsor.

Ubarter.com clients trade over $60 million annually. The companies range from sole proprietorships to Fortune 500 companies. Of over 500 trade exchanges in North America, Ubarter.com is ranked in the top 5 %.

Mission Statement:

To act as a valuable trading

partner to our members by

supporting their efforts to increase

market share, generate new

sales and reduce cash expenditures

Ubarter.com will bring you new sales and the purchases you make with the

credit you have earned will be at your variable cost or cost of goods.

Ubarter.com is a proud winner of both the 1998 & 1999 PROFIT MAGAZINE TOP 100 award as one of Canada’s fastest growing companies

Contra Versus Barter

Barter, trade, contra; whatever you call it, everyone has done it. Trading products and services without cash. One onone contra can be restrictive. You must accept each other’smerchandise directly. Ubarter.com offers you purchasing choice.

Restaurant

HotelLaw Office

Printer

The restaurant provides catering for an accounting firm for $1000 trade credit. They use $300 for advertising and $600 for printing.

The printer uses $500 for legal advice.

The law office uses $400 for hotel accommodations.

The hotel has $400 credit to purchase products or services from over 4500 Ubarter.com members

Vancouver Seattle Toronto Windsor

The power of

business trade

How Does Ubarter.com Benefit You?When you make a $10,000 new sale through Ubarter.com, your cash profit/savings is $5,000. The benefit to you is that your purchase of products and services will be at your variable cost/ cost of goods.

Purchasing on barter gives you the choice of what you will spend on, using over 4500 member clients.

Variable Cost/ Cost of Goods

aprox. 50%

Fixed Costs

Cash Profit/Savings

$1,000

$5,000

$10,000

$ 500 $2,500 $5,000

New Ubarter.com Sales

Vancouver Seattle Toronto Windsor

The power of

business trade

Four Key Spending AreasUbarter.com brings you new sales, increased market share and reduced cash expenditures. With over 4500 Ubarter.com clients to purchase goods or services from, not only will you enjoy the benefit of choice, but you will also be purchasing at your cost of goods.

General Business Expenses

Office Furniture, Staff Training, Equipment Rental, Printing.

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The power of

business trade

Advertising & Promotion

Newspaper & Magazine Ads, Radio, Public Relations, Direct Mail

Personal & Employee

Golf, Health Services, Staff Incentives, Limos, Fitness Clubs

Travel & Entertainment

Restaurants, Resorts, Hotels, Theatre tickets, Pubs, Sporting Events

Sample Transactions

Bellair Café launched a $1.2 million renovation. A bartercontractor accepted $350,000 of the total payment intrade dollars. The contractor used the barter credittowards the payment of suppliers and labourers.

America Online Canada sold internet services to over 100new accounts. In turn, AOL used their trade dollars topurchase printing, mouse pads and other promotionalmaterials.

Vancouver Seattle Toronto Windsor

The power of

business trade

Increased market share, new sales andreduced cash expenditures is what Ubarter.com brings to you.

Your Investment

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Revenue Canada takes the view that barter transactions are within the purview of the Income Tax Act, and also recognizes the trend towards commercial barter. (Interpretation Bulletin 490) “the practice of bartering for goods and services has evolved into a sophisticated computer controlled system of commerce”

Revenue Canada recognizes one Ubarter Dollar™ as being equivalent to one Canadian cash dollar.

$49 cash application fee

5% cash transaction fee on sales and purchases

Accounting For Barter

The power of

business trade

Tel: 604-432-1000 Fax: 604-432-1006www.ubarter.com